Some of Ben Jordan’s earliest, fondest memories date back to childhood excursions with his dad to old Native American sites on the desert plateau near their family’s home in Kingman, Arizona. “We’d look for pottery shards, and that got me asking questions like, ‘Who made...
The prevailing mindset among most collectors is that sculptures are forever durable. Although bronze, wood, and even marble may seem less fragile than two-dimensional artworks, simple care and maintenance are a must in order to preserve a sculpture’s original beauty. Prevention is key when it comes...
As I write this letter, a few states across the country are slowly reopening after closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The world has been a surreal place for some weeks now, a Twilight Zone of sorts. The pandemic has grounded us. It brought us...
My grandfather was a good enough pilot in World War II that he was asked to stay stateside as an instructor. His older brother and closest friend, also an aviator, was the navigator on a bomber crew that was stationed in England, close to one...
When it comes to Iroquois beadwork, Dolores Elliott of Johnson City, New York, is one of the world’s top experts. With a collection of nearly 2,600 pieces at the last count, the raised designs made with tiny glass beads can be found on pincushions, picture...
STANDING ON A DOCK ALONG THE WARWICK RIVER IN VIRGINIA ONE MOONLIT SUMMER NIGHT, Jennifer Moses pulled out her portable set of gouache paints. She made color notes and sketches of the scene before her: a full moon amid wispy clouds, the river’s purple-blue water,...
“TO CREATE ONE’S WORLD IN ANY OF THE ARTS TAKES COURAGE,” observed Georgia O’Keeffe, speaking from experience. A supportive community and some exposure can help, too. American Women Artists (AWA), a membership organization established in the early 1990s, seeks to foster both with 25 in...
IF CURVY AND COLORFUL POST-MODERN DETAILS, GLASS BLOCKS, and a prodigious amount of pink — on moldings, cabinets, floors, and logs — ever came back in style, this 1990s home in the notable Owl Creek neighborhood near Colorado’s Snowmass Village would be the Rocky Mountain’s...
AT THE BASE OF THE MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS IN ARIZONA, the views of the Sonoran Desert feel endless, and the cities of Scottsdale and Phoenix appear below as a carpet of sparkling light at nighttime. Here, at the DC Ranch, its founders declare that the created...
IT’S ALL ABOUT AUTHENTICITY,” SAYS ARTIST DAVID DORNAN. “Passion and process are everything for me, because if the passion and joy of the process aren’t there, you might as well be putting hubcaps on at the Ford factory.” A peripatetic creator, Dornan finds subjects for his...